United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

Office for Disarmament Affairs

Abbreviation	UNODA
Formation	1998
Type	Department of the Secretariat
Legal status	Active
Head	High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu[1]
Parent organization	United Nations Secretariat
Subsidiaries	UNLIREC, UNREC, UNRCPD
Website	www.un.org/disarmament/

The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) (French: Bureau des affaires du désarmement) is an Office of the United Nations Secretariat established in January 1998 as the Department for Disarmament Affairs, part of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's plan to reform the UN as presented in his report to the General Assembly in July 1997.^[2]

Its goal is to promote nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and the strengthening of the disarmament regimes in respect to other weapons of mass destruction, chemical and biological weapons. It also promotes disarmament efforts in the area of conventional weapons, especially landmines and small arms, which are often the weapons of choice in contemporary conflicts.

It is led by an Under-Secretary-General (USG) and High Representative (HR), Izumi Nakamitsu of Japan, who took office on 1 May 2017.